Chapter 456: Armor (1/2)

The red hawk looked at Gravis with hatred and flew to the middle of the arena.

BANG!

It landed in the middle of the arena, its weight creating the sound of a loud explosion.

”Stop,” the Empress said, making the red hawk's feathers stand up due to fear. Had it done something wrong? Was it about to die?

Gravis looked at the Empress with his standard, even look.

”The mountain is too small for your fight,” the Empress said. ”Use the arena beside the mountain to fight. The Lords can go to the edge of the mountain and watch. The Kings can watch from where they currently stand.”

Whoooom!

The clouds beside the Mountain of Pride parted and revealed a seemingly shining crater. Gravis flew over and looked at the crater with surprise. This was the arena?

It was a round crater, which had a diameter of around 50 kilometers. It was absolutely gigantic. Gravis had never seen such a huge arena before. Additionally, Gravis noticed that the arena was made out of ore at the beginning Ranks of Law Comprehension. Even level five Kings wouldn't be able to damage it.

'That's truly an expensive arena,' Gravis thought with surprise. 'Creating such a huge arena out of Law Comprehension materials is something that probably only a natural world could produce. No human would waste so many powerful pieces of ore to build a mere arena.'

Beasts had nearly no use for ore, which was why they could build such wasteful buildings.

Whoom!

The red hawk flew towards the arena without waiting for another second, while Gravis looked at the ore with a complex expression.

The Empress and the white ape noticed Gravis' peculiar gaze. Only beasts with a metal affinity looked at the arena like this. Yet, Gravis had clearly shown that he had a lightning affinity. So, why did he look at the arena like that?

After some seconds, Gravis shook his head and sighed. Then, he also flew towards the arena. After Gravis left the mountain, the other Lords walked over to the edge of the mountain. Their senses weren't developed enough to see everything in detail. That's why they still needed to watch with their eyes if they wanted to keep track of the fight.

Meanwhile, the Kings simply remained at their positions. The fluctuations coming from the fight would be enough for them to know exactly what was going on. They didn't need to watch with their eyes.

Luckily, the Lords all had different sizes and didn't need to form a single line. The bigger Lords simply looked over the heads of the smaller ones.

Gravis landed in the middle of the arena, directly in front of the red hawk. They looked into each other's eyes with battle-intent.

”Hey,” Gravis said, ”wanna see a trick?” he asked.

The eyes of the red hawk narrowed. ”Is it the same trick as before?” he asked.

”No, it's a different one,” Gravis answered.

”Then go ahead,” the red hawk said.

Then, Gravis pointed grandly to the sky. ”Suit up!” he shouted.

Whooom!

Suddenly, Gravis' body was completely hidden behind an earthen-yellow suit of armor. Only his eyes could be seen behind the layer of yellow.